Bag-lock



(No Model.)

0. OSWALD.

BAG LOOK.

Patented June 28, 1887.

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llNrTED STATES PATENT, OFFIcE.

CHARLES OSWALD, OF NEWARK, NEW JERs'EY.

BAG-LOCK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Iietters Patent No. 365,623, dated June 28, 1887.

Application filed Febluary 23, 1887. Seria' No. 22,489. (No mrdcl.)

To all whom it may cancer! Be it known that 1, CHARLES OSW-ALD, a citizen of the United States, residing at Newark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Traveling-Bag Locks; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,and to letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

The object of this invention is to reduce the cost of construction of bag looks or fasteners, to avoid the use of the ordinary lock-spring, and to secure increased durability, convenience, and general efficiency.

The invention consists in an improved bag lock or fastener, and in the arrangements and combinations of parts, substantially as will be hereinafter set forth, and finally embodied in the clauses of the claim.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, in which like letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in each of the several figures, Figure 1 is a front elevation of the improved lock or fastener, showing the openings through which the hasps or tongues of the cooperating fastening-plate enter the locking-chamber and are held. Fig. 2 is a view of the opposite side of said lock. Fig. 3 is a section through line X, Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a plan of said lock. Fig. 5 is. a plan of a certain locking-lever adapted to be thrown by the key to prevent a certain depressionpiecefrom being operated.

Fig. 6 is an end view of said depression-piece. Fig. 7 is a longitudinal vertical section through line Z, Fig. 4, the outer portion or casing being removed. Fig. 8 is a detail illustrating a certain. plate of the locking mechanism. Fig. 9 is alongitudinal vertical section through line Z, Fig. 4, the inner portion or locking portion being removed; and Fig. 10 is a top view of the co-operating hasp or catching mechanism.

In said drawings, A A is a bed plate or case adapted to be secured to one of the jaws of the bag in any suitable manner. Said case is provided with side openings, A A, to receive thehasps or tongues of the cooperating plate 0, secured to the opposite jaw. At the upper side of said lockcase is'formed an opening,

preferably surrounded with a sleeve, A,

through which the depression-piece B passes, as will be understood upon reference to Figs.- .1, 2, 7, and 9.

The sleeve A may be cut away, as at A to allow for a key-hole, B, in the depressionpiece. The depression-piece B works vertically in said sleeve,extending beyond the same, as in Figs. 1, -2,'and 3, to receive the finger and allow of being pressed down to release the co-operating plate from its locked relation to the plate A.

The depression-piece B is provided with oppositely-extending arms B, which are providedat their extremities with holding-lugs B 13, having inclined faces B to engage the tongues G of said plate 0 and cause the piece B to be depressed as the bag is closed. The springs D, upon whichthe piece B is seated, cause the said piece to return to its normal position after having been depressed, the lugs B entering automatically into the perforated tongue G to catch or fasten the same.

To prevent the'piece B from being depressed by the finger, I have provided a lever orother form of adjustable stop or stay, E, which is suitably fulcrumed on said depression-piece, or upon a plate, F, fastened thereto, and adapted to be thrown laterally to or from engagement with an abutment or projection, Q, formed upon the lock-case, as illustrated in Fig. 2. The depression-piece cannot be depressed when the lever is in engagement with the abutment, and thus the lugs 13. are prevented from being withdrawn from the perforated tongues G.

The plate F, which is introduced between the lever and the wall of the depression-piece to facilitate construction and forms a part of .said depression-piece, is provided with the key-stud G and a slight projection, H, over which a similar projection, I, on one face of the lever E rises. Said plate F is also provided with a perforation, J, in which is inserted a rivet, J, which serves as a bearing for the lever. The rivet holds the lever to the plate, so that'it can work laterally thereon under the influence of the key. Laterally, adjacent to the rivet, the said plate F is provided with perforations K and rivets K, arranged therein. These are little above the fulcrumal rivet, as indicated in Fig. 8, and said rivets K serve to hold said plate to the depressionpiece and to provide, should the same be necessary, lateral stops to limit the pivotal movement ofthelever. The walls of the depressionpiece chamber, however, answer this latter purpose.

lhe projection II and the cooperating projection I on the lever hold the lever positively either in its locked or unlocked position,and theuse ofan especial spring is avoided, the lever itselt'possessing sufllciently the q uality of a spring to allow the lugs to pass one another when the lever is forced by the key.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new is 1. In a bag lock or fastener, the combination, with a case, A, having a suitable abutment, ofa depression-piece, B, provided with a keyhole, 3, and lover, substantially as described, adapted to be operated by the key to engage said abutment and prevent said depression-piece from being depressed, substantially as set forth.

2. In combination, the case A A, having an abutment, deprcssion-piece B, having catchlnglugs 13, a spring, D, and a lever, E, fulerumed in said depression-piece, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

3. In combination, a lock-case having an abutment, G, a depression-piece havinga lug, II, a lever fnlcrumed in said depression-piece and having a lug, I, and springs D, all said parts being arranged and adapted to operate substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this 8th day of February, 1887.

CHARLES OSW'ALD.

Witnesses:

OLIVER DRAKE, OseAR A. MICHEL. 

